Hope, Dystopia And Ghosts – Turkish Cinema In 2020

The last decade was full of successes for Turkish cinema. It began with Semih Kaplanoğlu’s Golden Bear win at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival with Honey (2010), his latest installment of the Yusuf Trilogy. The achievements of Turkish filmmakers continued to

A Brief History Of 2020, In Film

How It Started… In the first days of the new decade, theaters opened with the final chapter of the iconic trilogy, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Sam Mendes’ one-shot war drama 1917, and Greta Gerwig’s period drama Little Women. On February

Istanbul’s Museum of Cinema

The covered passages of Istanbul are an integral part of the city’s unique charm. Like the famous arcades of Paris, the passages of Istanbul were built in the European district of Pera now Beyoğlu, often opening to the main street, the Grande

Echoes Of Ethos

My previous column was on cinema. Actually, it was on cinematic, fictional TV series, centering on the late Rainer Werner Fassbinder. While I enjoy writing about film (not writing critiques of it, just writing about it) I did not think I would

UK Cinemas are closing again: 5,500 jobs at risk

Struggling cinemas are hit with a blow as the new Bond film is delayed until spring 2021. British cinema company Cineworld is closing 127 branches across the UK and Ireland as a result of the new Bond film ‘No Time To Die’s

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